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We propose a generalization of first-order logic originating in a neglected work by C.C. Chang: a natural and generic correspondence language for any types of structures which can be recast as Set-coalgebras. We discuss axiomatization and…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Tadeusz Litak , Dirk Pattinson , Katsuhiko Sano , Lutz Schröder

A pointwise definable model is one in which every object is definable without parameters. In a model of set theory, this property strengthens V=HOD, but is not first-order expressible. Nevertheless, if ZFC is consistent, then there are…

Logic · Mathematics 2012-06-20 Joel David Hamkins , David Linetsky , Jonas Reitz

Proof search has been used to specify a wide range of computation systems. In order to build a framework for reasoning about such specifications, we make use of a sequent calculus involving induction and co-induction. These proof principles…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2010-10-01 Alwen Tiu , Alberto Momigliano

Automatic (i.e., computer-assisted) theorem proving (ATP) can come in many flavors. This document presents early steps in our effort towards defining object-oriented theorem proving (OOTP) as a new style of ATP. Traditional theorem proving…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2019-02-28 Moez A. AbdelGawad

OWL 2 has been standardized by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as a family of ontology languages for the Semantic Web. The most expressive of these languages is OWL 2 Full, but to date no reasoner has been implemented for this language.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-08-02 Michael Schneider , Geoff Sutcliffe

Foundational verification considers the functional correctness of programming languages with formalized semantics and uses proof assistants (e.g., Coq, Isabelle) to certify proofs. The need for verifying complex programs compels it to…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Qiyuan Xu , David Sanan , Zhe Hou , Xiaokun Luan , Conrad Watt , Yang Liu

The problem of mechanically formalizing and proving metatheoretic properties of programming language calculi, type systems, operational semantics, and related formal systems has received considerable attention recently. However, the dual…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2017-05-29 James Cheney , Alberto Momigliano

The proof of the relative consistency of the axiom of choice has been mechanized using Isabelle/ZF. The proof builds upon a previous mechanization of the reflection theorem. The heavy reliance on metatheory in the original proof makes the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-04-27 Lawrence C. Paulson

Deep learning techniques lie at the heart of several significant AI advances in recent years including object recognition and detection, image captioning, machine translation, speech recognition and synthesis, and playing the game of Go.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-05-10 Sarah Loos , Geoffrey Irving , Christian Szegedy , Cezary Kaliszyk

We investigate the asymptotic densities of theorems provable in Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory ZF and its extension ZFC including the axiom of choice. Assuming a canonical De Bruijn representation of formulae, we construct asymptotically large…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-01-26 Maciej Bendkowski

We give a new simple proof of the decidability of the First Order Theory of (omega^omega^i,+) and the Monadic Second Order Theory of (omega^i,<), improving the complexity in both cases. Our algorithm is based on tree automata and a new…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Thierry Cachat

Computer-aided analysis of security protocols heavily relies on equational theories to model cryptographic primitives. Most automated verifiers for security protocols focus on equational theories that satisfy the Finite Variant Property…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Vincent Cheval , Caroline Fontaine

Here it is shown that standard set theory can be interpreted in a theory about order. The ordering here is about non-extensional flat classes, i.e. classes that are not elements of classes. So, stipulating a nearly well order over all those…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-12-20 Zuhair Al-Johar

Automated theorem provers (ATPs) can disprove conjectures by saturating a set of clauses, but the resulting saturated sets are opaque certificates. In the unit equational fragment, a saturated set can in fact be read as a convergent rewrite…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Mikoláš Janota , Michael Rawson , Stephan Schulz

LPTP (Logic Program Theorem Prover) is an interactive natural-deduction-based theorem prover for pure Prolog programs with negation as failure, unification with the occurs check, and a restricted but extensible set of built-in predicates.…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-01-08 Fred Mesnard , Thierry Marianne , Étienne Payet

It is well known that ZFC, despite its usefulness as a foundational theory for mathematics, has two unwanted features: it cannot be written down explicitly due to its infinitely many axioms, and it has a countable model due to the…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-06-15 Marcoen J. T. F. Cabbolet

Conditional independence reasoning has been shown to be helpful in the context of Bayesian nets to optimize probabilistic inference, and related techniques have been applied to speed up a number of logical reasoning tasks in boolean logic…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-10-14 Ron van der Meyden

These notes present the essentials of first- and second-order monadic logics on strings with introductory purposes. We discuss Monadic First-Order logic and show that it is strictly less expressive than Finite-State Automata, in that it…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-01-26 Dino Mandrioli , Davide Martinenghi , Angelo Morzenti , Matteo Pradella , Matteo Rossi

We prove that the first-order logic of CZF is intuitionistic first-order logic. To do so, we introduce a new model of transfinite computation (Set Register Machines) and combine the resulting notion of realisability with Beth semantics. On…

Logic · Mathematics 2022-06-10 Robert Passmann

We propose a method that allows us to develop tableaux modulo theories using the principles of superdeduction, among which the theory is used to enrich the deduction system with new deduction rules. This method is presented in the framework…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-01-08 Mélanie Jacquel , Karim Berkani , David Delahaye , Catherine Dubois